Pocket-box.



I. J. MARCUSE.

POCKET BOX.

APPLICATION FILED lungs. I914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

UNTTED STATES PAT -11 prion.

ISAAC J. MARCUSE, OF RICHMOND; VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

POCKET-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IsAAo J. MAnoUsE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Richmond, in the county of I-Ienri'co and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket-Boxes, of which the following as a specification.

My invention relates in general to pocket boxes and more particularly to boxes adapted for the containing of tobacco and the 'like and intended to be carried in the hip 7 pocket of the consumer.

' The principal object of the invention is the provision of a box of this character in which the cover will be permanently and efliciently hinged to the body, the parts being so constructed and arranged that a number of pivotal connections spaced apart a maximum distance may be provided.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof.

On the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan of a box embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, the lid being open, Fig. 3 is a section through the box on line 3-3, Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a rearelevation of the lid.

Boxes for the carrying of tobacco and other articles and'material have been 0011- structed prior. to my invention to fit the pocket of the consumer and it is not the purpose of my present invention to change materially the form ordinarily given these boxes. For the purposes of illustrating my inventionI have shown it incorporated in a box of the well known reniform shape generally designated at t, of sheet metal, tin being preferably employed. Prior to my invention, so far as I am aware, it has been the custom to hinge the cover to boxes of this kind at the center of the top of the convex wall. This, of necessity, by reason of the form of the boxes, has required a single and a relatively short pivotal connection between the cover and the box, which in handling is likely to become distorted so the other or concave side and provide a pair of pivotal connections 6, one located adjacent each end of the top of the open side, as best seen in Fig.3. These hinges pass horizontally along the curved surface of the body and cover of the box, so that the line of the axes of the hinges would, if prolongated, be a chord of the curve of the back of the box. The metal portions of the body and of the top which form the hinge members are consequently offset from said body and cover, those hinge members which are nearer to the middle of the box being more offset, thereby bringing the axes of the two hinges into the same straight line. This gives a relatively long pivotal connection between the body and cover and enables the box to resist effectively any ordinary tendency to bend or twist the cover out of position. The cost of manufacture is not materially increased and the durability and general efficiency of the box is greatly improved.

It will be apparent that numerous changes may be made in the form and construction of the box and of the hinges without departing from the spirit and scope of the inven tion or sacrificing any of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore disclosed being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim A sheet metal pocket box comprising a renlform body,

and corresponding cover flanged over the upper end of the body, the body and cover being formed with concave rear faces, the upper rear edge of the back of the body being vertically slitted near each end to form partially free integral portions which are bent down to form hinge members unequally projected from curved portions of the back, with which hinge members the cover is pivotally connected, the axis of the hinge extending across the concave of the back, so that the box opens at its convex front.

Signed this 23rd day of May, 1914, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. S. CLARKE, OSCAR R. HORD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

